Stanford baseball: Appel, Piscotty drafted

In a major surprise, Mark Appel was not chosen by the Houston Astros with the first pick of Monday’s Major League baseball draft. Instead, they took 6-foot-4 shortstop Carlos Correa of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. In fact, Appel lasted all the way to the eighth pick by the Pirates.

USF pitcher Kyle Zimmer was taken by the Royals three selections earlier.

Had Appel been picked by Houston, it would have given Stanford an amazing trifecta, after Andrew Luck was the first pick of the NFL Draft and Nneka Ogwumike was the first pick of the WNBA draft.

Stephen Piscotty went to the Cardinals with a compensation pick, the 36th overall. Although he has pitched and played outfield this season, he was drafted at his natural position, third base.